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The French army's foremost military school has shown off pictures of the latest addition to its team of combatants: a four-legged robotic dog called Spot.

Low Batt

Low battery warning.

Boston Dynamics Robot Runs Out of Battery During Military Combat Drill, Needs to Be Carried

A meteorite fell to France last week — sparking calls by amateur astronomers to help search for and find the apricot-sized space rock.

Meteor Hunt

"A fresh meteorite like this, which fell just a few days ago, hasn’t been altered by the Earth’s environment and therefore contains very precious information for scientists."

A Meteorite Fell In This Area and Everybody Is Looking For It

German electric car subsidies are so high, that leasing a Renault Zoe EV is essentially free right now. Demand is sky-rocketing.

Zoe Craze

"We did expect an increase in sales with the subsidies, but this run really struck us."

Subsidies Mean This Electric Car Is Literally Free in Germany

The French Health Ministry announced that France no longer has confirmed cases of the coronavirus COVID-19: one patient died but all the others recovered.

Good News

Developments

There are no longer any confirmed cases of the coronavirus in France.

French Officials Say Country Has Eliminated COVID-19 Outbreak

2019-nCoV, the virus behind a looming pandemic, has officially reached Europe. French officials confirmed the country and continent's first two cases.

Eurotrip

There's one case in Paris, one in Bordeaux

The Mysterious Chinese Outbreak Just Reached Europe

France's Minister of the Economy and Finance said that Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency will be barred from the country if it's released as planned.

Euro Or Bust

"…we cannot authorize the development of Libra on European soil."

French Gov Official Warns Facebook: Libra Is Not Welcome Here

Solar Roadways

Thunderstorms and rotting leaves did a number on the road's solar panels.

Report: The World’s First Solar Road is an Absolute Disaster

France is assembling a "red team" of sci-fi writers to help it predict what sorts of technologies it might face on the battlefield of the future.

Well-Read Team

They'll "propose scenarios of disruption" to help the military prepare for them.

France Is Hiring Sci-Fi Writers to Predict Future Military Threats

Facebook will now help French courts identify users suspected of spreading hate speech on the platform, a deal it hasn't made with any other nation.

Pointing Fingers

The social media giant has never made such a deal before.

Facebook to Identify Hate Speech-Spouting Users for France

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) has unveiled a full-scale hyperloop test track — an important milestone on the path to a functioning hyperloop.

Looped In

This 1,049-foot-long track could usher in the future of transportation.

See a Startup’s Newly Unveiled Hyperloop Test Track

Eating Cake

France, it would seem, has had enough of American surveillance.

To Bolster Cybersecurity, France Gives Google the Guillotine

The project lines up with President Macron's dreams for the country—assuming it succeeds.

Uber Announces Flying Taxi Research Center In France